Integrating Lifestyle Medicine into Health Heart Transformation – NACHC

Date and Time: May 19, May 26, June 2, June 16, June 23, 2026 from 1:00–2:00 PM ET

Overview

This webinar sequence is a grant deliverable funded by the Ardmore Health Institute. This sequence is a collaborative effort between NACHC, American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and the NACHC Elevate group. 

This five-part webinar sequence gives a complete, step-by-step exploration of how Lifestyle Medicine Shared Medical Appointments (LMSMAs) can remodel continual illness care inside group well being facilities. Designed for medical, operational, and programmatic leaders, the sequence illustrates how evidence-based way of life interventions, scalable care fashions, and interprofessional teamwork can strengthen whole-person care whereas advancing value-based outcomes.

Beginning with a foundational introduction to Lifestyle Medicine and the LMSMA mannequin, the sequence establishes a shared understanding of the ideas, proof base, affected person populations, workflows, and readiness concerns important for profitable implementation. Participants then dive extra deeply into 4 main LMSMA aligned curricula—Full Plate Living, the Lifestyle Empowerment Approach for Diabetes Remission (LEADR), Supervised Lifestyle and Integrative Medicine (SLIM) for weight reduction, and Diabetes Self Management Education and Support (DSMES)—every providing sensible approaches to supporting habits change, enhancing affected person engagement, and empowering medical groups throughout numerous care settings.

Registration

Webinar 1: What is Lifestyle Medicine and LMSMAs?

May 19, 2026

This first out of 5 webinar periods in its sequence gives an summary of Lifestyle Medicine and using Shared Medical Appointments (LMSMAs) inside group well being facilities. Participants will discover the core ideas, construction, and proof base supporting these fashions, whereas analyzing their medical, operational, and monetary advantages for federally certified well being facilities. The session will spotlight easy methods to determine acceptable affected person populations throughout the continual illness continuum and description sensible methods for implementing LMSMAs in medical observe, together with care group roles, workflow, documentation, and billing. Attendees will even assess organizational readiness and depart with actionable steps to start integrating LMSMAs into their very own medical observe settings.

Webinar 2: Full Plate Living (FPL)

May 26, 2026

This webinar session two of 5 explores how Full Plate Living’s curriculum integrates food-as-medicine ideas and fiber-forward vitamin to ship culturally adaptable, reasonably priced take care of numerous populations. Participants will discover ways to use Shared Medical Appointments (LMSMAs) to spice up affected person engagement by means of interactive, group-based approaches resembling cooking demonstrations that construct expertise, strengthen group, and assist lasting habits change. The session will even information attendees in assessing organizational readiness and creating sensible subsequent steps to implement these methods inside their very own well being heart.

Webinar 3: Lifestyle Empowerment Approach for Diabetes Remission (LEADR)

Jun 2, 2026

This webinar session three of 5 introduces the core elements of the Lifestyle Empowerment Approach for Diabetes Remission (LEADR) curriculum and its position as a structured possibility for delivering Lifestyle Medicine Shared Medical Appointments (LMSMAs). Participants will discover sensible methods for integrating LEADR as a way of life drugs intervention to enhance diabetes outcomes whereas supporting care groups and minimizing burden. The session will even assist attendees in creating an motion plan to evaluate organizational readiness and determine subsequent steps for incorporating LEADR into their very own medical settings.

Webinar 4: SLIM (Supervised Lifestyle and Integrative Medicine) Weight Loss

Jun 16, 2026

This webinar session 4 of 5 gives an summary of the Supervised Lifestyle and Integrative Medicine (SLIM) mannequin and its software inside group visits for sufferers with weight problems and different continual circumstances. Participants will discover ways to combine the SLIM curriculum with medical administration—together with using GLP-1 receptor agonists—to assist sustainable habits change and improved outcomes. The session will even define sensible methods for implementing SLIM in medical observe, together with care group roles, affected person engagement approaches, and key operational and billing concerns to assist scalable, team-based weight problems care.

Webinar 5: Diabetes Self-management Education & Support (DSMES)

June 23, 2026

This ultimate webinar session of the sequence introduces the important thing elements of the Diabetes Self-management Education & Support (DSMES) framework and its evidence-based strategy to supporting continual illness self-management. Participants will discover ways to apply DSMES core components to assist continual illness self-management by means of Lifestyle Medicine Shared Medical Appointments (LMSMAs) throughout numerous medical settings. The session will even discover methods for integrating DSMES ideas into LMSMAs to assist affected person self-management, together with sustainability planning, stakeholder engagement, and defining measurable outcomes.